| Love excessively |
DOTE |
| Meat from pigs |
HAM |
| Mexican snack food |
TACO |
| Mild exclamation |
EGAD |
| Mother, in British dialect |
MAM |
| Muslim faith |
ISLAM |
| Nevertheless |
YET |
| Nimble |
SPRY |
| One reason businesses fail |
MISMANAGEMENT |
| Opposite of bottom |
TOP |
| Orchestral woodwind |
OBOE |
| Order's companion |
LAW |
| Part of a foot |
ARCH |
| Passing announcement? |
OBIT |
| Persona ___ grata |
NON |
| Position of pressure |
HOTSEAT |
| Potok's ''My Name Is ___ Lev'' |
ASHER |
| Shoestring |
LACE |
| Small needle case |
ETUI |
| Sob |
CRY |
| Sound like a pigeon |
COO |
| Thick with vegetation |
LUSH |
| Topics, as of some English assignments |
THEMES |
| Travel agent's offering |
TOUR |
| Unhappy |
SAD |
| Wandering one |
NOMAD |
| Wanting company |
LONESOME |
| What gloves prevent (2 words) |
COLDHANDS |
| Words with ''be happy'' |
DONTWORRY |
| Work for a director |
ACT |
| ___ York |
NEW |